Enrollment
272
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001044
Tanner Elementary School
7350 S Evans Ave, Chicago, IL 60619 · (773) 535-3870 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL272 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 8% of Illinois public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
263 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 27 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 27 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 21 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 30 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 29 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 24 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (27) is 13% larger than its 8th grade class (24).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Tanner Elementary School→Hirsch Metropolitan High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
20.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +10.4pp since 2023
Math
3.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 3 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.5% | 3.3% |
| 2023-24 | 10.1% | 1.3% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
11.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
15.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 16% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Tanner Elementary School
Tanner Elementary School's state test result (11.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanner Elementary School this school | 272 | 96.7% | 11.1% |
| Dewey Elementary Academy of Fine Arts Chicago | 272 | 96.0% | 31.7% |
| Joplin Elementary School Chicago | 283 | 96.1% | 28.0% |
| Franklin Elementary School Dolton | 259 | 95.8% | 13.3% |
| Washington H Elementary School Chicago | 273 | 96.0% | 18.3% |
| Higgins Elementary Community Academy Chicago | 271 | 94.1% | 19.9% |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Tanner Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.1% | #1,856 of 1,925 | #726 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 3.3% | #2,062 of 2,077 ▼ 8 | #819 of 829 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.5% | #1,911 of 2,077 ▲ 11 | #755 of 829 ▲ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 272 | #1,696 of 2,419 | #699 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #408 of 2,035 | #220 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.8% | #1,527 of 2,042 | #571 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.7% | #101 of 2,132 | #75 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.3% | #473 of 1,461 | #275 of 661 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
272
-45 (-14%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 536
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 272 | 23.5 | 11.6:1 | 97% (263) |
| 2023-24 | 257 | 25.5 | 10.1:1 | 92% (236) |
| 2022-23 | 296 | 24.5 | 12.1:1 | 96% (284) |
| 2020-21 | 317 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 337 | 20.7 | 16.3:1 | 92% (311) |
| 2015-16 | 372 | 22 | 16.9:1 | 91% (338) |
| 2010-11 | 460 | 26 | 17.7:1 | 94% (434) |
| 2000-01 | 670 | 33 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 536 | 29 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tanner Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (337 to 272); teachers up 14% (20.7 to 23.5).
About Tanner Elementary School
Tanner Elementary School sits in Chicago, Illinois, and is classified as an elementary school. There are 272 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 8. That puts enrollment 29% below the 381-student average for elementary schools in Illinois.
Besides Tanner Elementary School, Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 runs 621 other schools. The district enrolls 324,396 students.
Black students account for 86% of the school's enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 13% Hispanic. Among all residents of Cook County, the Black share is about 22%. A diversity index of 24% means there is a 24% chance two randomly chosen students at Tanner Elementary School are from different groups.
Tanner Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1, with 23.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Illinois, 13.9:1, is higher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 97% at Tanner Elementary School. Among public schools in Cook County, the average eligibility rate is 66%.
Tanner Elementary School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 8% of Illinois public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Tanner Elementary School is 4.6 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Illinois schools.
Cook County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Public schools in Cook County number 1,406, with about 697,934 students.
Among nearby public schools, Noble St Chtr-Comer College Prep is closest at about 0.3 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Tanner Elementary School. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Tanner Elementary School ranks 8th on average proficiency.
Tanner Elementary School falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 317 to 272, a 14% decline.
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Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Other schools in Chicago
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Other Tanner Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Tanner Elementary. Tanner Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Tanner Elementary SchoolTanner, AL · 338 students
Nearby schools
- Noble St Chtr-Comer College Prep0.3 mi · 1,007
- Revere Elementary School0.4 mi · 184
- Park Manor Elementary School0.5 mi · 313
- Hirsch Metropolitan High School0.5 mi · 183
- Betty Shabazz Internl Charter School0.7 mi · 293
- Ruggles Elementary School0.8 mi · 290
Frequently asked questions
About Tanner Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Tanner Elementary School?
Tanner Elementary School enrolls approximately 272 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Tanner Elementary School serve?
Tanner Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Tanner Elementary School?
Approximately 11.6:1 students per teacher at Tanner Elementary School.
How diverse is Tanner Elementary School?
Tanner Elementary School reports a student body of 0% White, 13% Hispanic, 86% Black.
Is Tanner Elementary School public or private?
Tanner Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.